http://www.kellymphotography.com Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:09:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello my loyal blog readers. I am sorry things have been so quiet around here. I had vowed to keep up with blogging, then I had a baby and my world got flipped upside down. I will not lie. This has been ROUGH. I had incorrectly thought that my daughter ... http://www.kellymphotography.com/2010/07/my-baby-is-2-months-old/ *at a certain point, the details get fuzzy. I'm sure Teri can correct me. Or tell me that I am nuts and making this alllllll up :) * Around noon on Tuesday I started to have some mild contractions. They were very irregular, ranging from 8 minutes apart to 20 minutes ... http://www.kellymphotography.com/2010/05/the-birth-of-winterrose-april-28th-2010/ One of the things that I love about the photography business is how supportive photographers are of eachother. It truly is community rather than competition. So when I learned that my friend and client, Ava, was building her portfolio and starting her own business, I was thrilled for her! ... http://www.kellymphotography.com/2010/03/zemya-photography/ I will admit, I was having one of those pregnant days. You know the kind. You feel big. You feel like you don’t want to leave the house. You certainly don’t want to meet someone new! But I had a shoot and there was no way I was going to ... http://www.kellymphotography.com/2010/03/baby-j-3-months-old-oakland-family-photographer/ The birth of Sebastian Henry - AKA: The slideshow that almost didn't happen. The forces of the universe were working against me on this one, and everything that could go wrong...did! Thankfully, all issues were smoothed out and I was able to upload the slideshow this weekend. Music in the slideshow ... http://www.kellymphotography.com/2010/03/slideshow-the-birth-of-sebastian-henry-san-jose-birth-photographer/ The minute I saw Henry's little face, I fell in LOVE. At 14 days old he looked just like a little man. I'm not sure the love was mutual, as he was not a big fan of having his picture taken. We had fun anyway and got some pretty cute ... http://www.kellymphotography.com/2010/03/14-day-old-henry-sacramento-newborn-photographer/ The last couple of Sundays I wrote about my 3 year old and his growing interest in my point and shoot camera. Over the last few weeks he has finally learned to shoot without covering the lens with his finger and even aim at a subject. A few days ago ... http://www.kellymphotography.com/2010/02/budding-talents-bay-area-family-photographer/ ~ Last week I wrote about how Grey likes to use my point and shoot to take pictures. It was just recently that he started taking pictures without his fingers over the lens. I put together a little collage of those photos that he took while I was taking pictures ... http://www.kellymphotography.com/2010/02/sharing-on-sunday-bay-area-family-photographer/ I don't want this blog to go by the wayside when I am on my upcoming hiatus from sessions. I am going to try to do a little more sharing. Get a little more personal. I've decided to start a "Sharing on Sunday" post. You'll learn a little bit more ... http://www.kellymphotography.com/2010/02/sharing-on-sunday/ Those of you who have read my bio or know me in person, know that before starting my business I had been a photography hobbiest for over 15 years. While in high school I was given the book The Lady is a Tramp: Portraits of Catherine Baily, by David Baily. ... http://www.kellymphotography.com/2010/01/confidence-passion/